African Head Charge

African Head Charge is a psychedelic dub ensemble active since the early 1980s. The group was formed by percussionist Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah, and featured a revolving cast of members, including Prisoner, Crocodile, Junior Moses, Sunny Akpan, Skip McDonald, and Jah Wobble. The group released most of its albums on Adrian Sherwood's label, On-U Sound.

Journalist David Stubbs, writing in The Wire, said "The notion of African Head Charge was hatched when Adrian Sherwood read Brian Eno's comment about his vision for a "psychedelic Africa"".

Many of their early albums have been re-released as double albums on CD.

Discography

• My Life in a Hole in the Ground (On-U Sound, 1981)
• Environmental Studies (On-U Sound, 1982)
• Drastic Season (On-U Sound, 1983)
• Off the Beaten Track (On-U Sound, 1986 Anthology Recordings, 2006)
• Great Vintage Volumes 1 & 2 (On-U Sound, 1989) (compilation)
• Songs of Praise (On-U Sound, 1990)
• Live:Pride and Joy (On-U Sound, 1991)
• In Pursuit of Shashamane Land (On-U Sound, ON-U LP65, 1993)
• All Mighty Dread (Beat Records, 1994) (compilation)
• Touch I EP (On-U Sound, 1994)
• Akwaaba (Acid Jazz Records, 1995)
• Sankofa (Bonjo I, 1997)
• Drums Of Defiance: African Head Charge Versus Professor Stretch (On-U Sound, ON-ULP93, 1998)
• Noah House of Dread (Bonjo I, 1998)
• Live Goodies (Bonjo I, 2001)
• Shrunken Head (On-U Sound, 2003) (compilation)
• Vision of a Psychedelic Africa (On-U Sound, 2005)
• In Charge:Live in Japan EP (On-U Sound, 2005)
• Voodoo of The Godsent (On-U Sound, 2011)

External links

• African Head Charge Official Website
• African Head Charge at Allmusic.com
• Discography at unofficial On-U Sound website
• Profile at unofficial On-U Sound website
• African Head Charge - Off the Beaten Track on AnthologyRecordings.com